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If we live long enough, we all find our limits. Learning to work within those limits and succeed in spite of them seems like one of the great leveling-ups of li
by ISL 6y ago
If we live long enough, we all find our limits. Learning to work within those limits and succeed in spite of them seems like one of the great leveling-ups of life.
- gdoptimizer 6y agoWell said
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoStrictly speaking, I don't think that's true if you're the smartest person in the world. John von Neumann springs to mind, who did his mathematics PhD at the same time as his chemical engineering degree, with a friend of his commenting that Evidently a Ph.D. thesis and examination did not constitute an appreciable effort. [0] To my knowledge he never really failed at any of his intellectual pursuits, but I could be mistaken. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#University_studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#University_st...